TVC 677.1: An encore presentation of an edition of The Sounds of Lost Television that originally aired in February 2012 in which Phil Gries plays audio highlights from the Feb. 11, 1960 broadcast of The Tonight Show, the night when host Jack Paar walked off the air after NBC had edited out a joke that Paar had told the night before without his consent. Topics this segment include how Paar was the first host of The Tonight Show to pre-record his show earlier in the day (prior to Paar, The Tonight Show had always aired live), plus a discussion of how the controversy that led to Paar's walk-off can be boiled down to who really controlled the content of The Tonight Show: Paar, the host, or NBC, the broadcaster? Audio courtesy ATVAudio.com.

TVC 677.3: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Erica Gavin, the actress known around the world as the star of Vixen! (1968), the satiric sexploitation movie produced, directed, and co-written by Russ Meyer that none other than Roger Ebert once described as "the quintessential Russ Meyer film." Topics this segment how Erica initially clashed with Meyer over how to approach the famous "lesbian scene" in Vixen! between her and Vincene Wallace, and how she worked out a solution that ultimately pleased Meyer. Chuck Harter co-hosts.

TVC 677.5: Ed welcomes actor, author, playwright, and Emmy Award-winning producer Laurence Luckinbill (The Boys in the Band, The Delphi Bureau, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Lyndon, Hemingway, Teddy Tonight!, Clarence Darrow Tonight!). Larry's autobiography, Affective Memories: How Chance and The Theater Saved My Life, is a page-turning, brutally honest story of how Larry overcame a meager upbringing up in the Ozark Mountains to forge his way into a successful career as a working actor and playwright. While it includes a lot of great showbiz stories from Larry's career on stage, film, and television, Affective Memories is really a book that transcends genres, evoking many classic American themes (one of which is finding redemption and a second lease on life through the love of a good woman), while also providing insight into what it means to be an actor, the healing power of the performing arts, and the lifetime discovery of what it means to be human. Among other topics this segment, Larry shares the story of how he came to write Teddy Tonight, his one-man show about the life of President Theodore Roosevelt, to illustrate how to find the "motor" that drives the particular story one wants to tell, be that as a play, a memoir, or a long-form work of fiction.

TVC 677.6: Actor and author Laurence Luckinbill (The Boys in the Band, The Delphi Bureau, Star Trek V, Affective Memories: How Chance and The Theater Saved My Life) shares a few memories of his years in Oakland, California, where he moved to be with his family in the 1950s; the many mentors in his life, including the Catholic nun who taught him to appreciate the power of words; and how he first came to learn the difference between a "movie horse" and a "horse" horse while filming an episode of Bonanza. Affective Memories is available wherever books are sold through Sunbury Press.

TVC 675.5: From June 2016: Actress and author Charlotte Stewart (Little House on the Prairie, Twin Peaks, Little House in the Hollywood Hills) shares a few memories about working with David Lynch on both Twin Peaks and Eraserhead, plus she talks to Ed about the "David Lynch-like" approaching to directing that Neil Young took when Charlotte worked with Young on the film Human Highway. David Lynch passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at age seventy-eight.

Friday, July 19 marked the tenth anniversary of the passing of Emmy Award-winning actor and entertainment icon James Garner. TV Confidential marks this occasion by replaying our special program-length tribute to Jim that originally aired in August 2014. In this segment, we hear from Garner himself, in the form of two rarely heard interviews: an appearance on Here's Hollywood (NBC, 1960-1962) and a 1996 radio appearance on The Ronn Owens Program (KGO-AM, San Francisco). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 654.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with music journalist and music historian Jon Burlingame (Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring). Jon's latest book, Dreamsville: Henry Mancini, Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir, is a combination history of Peter Gunn (NBC/ABC, 1958-1961) on television; biography of Grammy Award-winning and Academy Award-winning composer Henry Mancini; and discography of all of the original music that Henry Mancini composed for both Peter Gunn and Mr. Lucky (CBS, 1959-1960) and the soundtrack albums that accompanied both series. Topics this segment include the pivotal role that Alan Livingston, then head of programming for NBC, played in releasing Mancini's music for Peter Gunn as a soundtrack album, how Mancini handpicked many of the musicians who recorded with him on both Peter Gunn and Mr. Lucky, including John Williams and Bob Bain. Dreamsville: Henry Mancini, Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir is available from BearManor Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 652.3: From June 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed provide a brief rundown of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane on June 29, 1978. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 651.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Marc Cushman, author of Long Distance Voyagers: The Story of The Moody Blues, a two-volume, total-immersion experience into the six-decade career of The Moody Blues, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group that not only was the first rock group to champion the "concept album," but influenced such other groups as Yes, Deep Purple, and ELO. Volume 1 of Long Distance Voyagers covers the formation of The Moody Blues, their breakthrough in the 1960s, and their "classic seven" albums throughout the 1970s. Volume 2 begins with the release of the Long Voyager Album album in 1981, shortly after founding member Mike Pinter left the group (to be replaced by former Yes keyboardist Patrick Moraz) and continues with the evolution of the Moody Blues over the next four decades. Topics this segment include the friendly relationship between The Moody Blues and The Beatles, including how Mike Pinder encouraged John Lennon and Paul McCartney to use the Mellotron on their Strawberry Fields album, a few months before the release of Days of Future Passed; how the success of Days of Future Passed typecast the Moodies for a while in the 1970s, even though they were selling out huge stadiums at the time; how Patrick Moraz helped The Moody Blues reinvent themselves with Long Distance Voyager, paving the way for their success in the 1980s and 1990s; and why it took more than a year to release Long Distance Voyager. Volumes 1 and 2 of Long Distance Voyagers: The Story of The Moody Blues are available now wherever books are sold through Jacobs Brown Media Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 650.1: Ed welcomes award-winning screenwriter, director, producer, and documentary maker Marc Cushman, author of These Are the Voyages, a three-volume history of Star Trek: The Original Series. Marc's latest book, Long Distance Voyagers: The Story of The Moody Blues is a two-volume, total-immersion experience in the six-decade career of The Moody Blues, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group that was the first rock group to champion the "concept album," which they did with Days of Future Passed, In Search of the Lost Chord, On the Threshold of a Dream, To Our Children's Children's Children, A Question of Balance, Seventh Sojourn, Long Distance Voyager and Keys to the Kingdom. Volume 1 of Long Distance Voyagers covers the formation of The Moody Blues, their breakthrough in the 1960s, and their "classic seven" albums throughout the 1970s. Volume 2 begins with the release of the Long Voyager Album album in 1981, shortly after founding member Mike Pinterleft the group (to be replaced by former Yes keyboardist Patrick Moraz) and continues with the evolution of the Moody Blues over the next four decades. Topics this segment include why the Moody Blues were never nominated for a Grammy Award, despite having one of the biggest hits of 1972 with "Nights in White Satin," and how the Moody Blues approached songwriting in much the same way as The Beatles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices